Bedard Runner-Up at 2021 Moosehead Classic

Montreal, Quebec

SKIP
Alek
Bedard

Third
Louis
Quevillon

Second
Emile
Asselin

Lead
Bradley
Lequin

Games:	5
Record:	4W - 1L
PF/G:	7.37
PA/G:	6.05
Hammer Efficiency:	0.39
Steal Defense:	0.14
Force Efficiency:	0.69
Steal Efficiency:	0.18

Alek Bedard (Montreal, QC) lost 9-5 to Howard Rajala (Ottawa, ON) in the Final of the Moosehead Classic, held October 9 - 11, 2021 at the RCMP Curling Club in Ottawa, Canada. To advance to the championship game, Bedard won 7-3 over Scott Mitchell (Whitby, ON) in the semifinals of the 2021 Moosehead Classic in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada; and won 6-4 over Jean-Sebastien Roy (Chelsea, QC) in the quarterfinals. of the 2021 Moosehead Classic in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada;

Bedard finished 2-0 in the 32-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Bedard defeated Jamie Birtwistle (Ottawa, ON) 5-3, then won 5-4 against Chris Gardner (Ottawa, ON) in their final qualifying round match.

With their runner-up finish at the Moosehead Classic, Bedard take home 13.035 world rankings points along with the $1,200CDN prize, moving up 31 spots the World Ranking Standings into 71st place overall with 35.764 total points. Bedard ranks 64th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 14.419 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES
2022	20	6	0	0.769	3-2	2-1	1-0	1-0	0-0

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G
2022	180	148	107	8.22	5.94	2.28	4.56	4.00	1.80	1.49	1.44

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
2022	94	112	19	17	8-0	4-0	18-1	1.19	0.20	0.39	0.19

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
2022	86	36	88	9	0-3	3-6	7-13	0.42	1.02	0.59	0.27

2022: Jason Camm
Jason Camm, Ian Dickie, Zack Shurtleff, Punit Sthankiya
Navan, ON
2021: Howard Rajala
Howard Rajala, Rich Moffatt, Chris Fulton, Paul Madden
Ottawa, ON
2019: Jason Camm
Jason Camm, Jordie Lyon-Hatcher, Kurt Armstrong, Brett Lyon-Hatcher
Ottawa, ON
2018: Colin Dow
Colin Dow, Jordie Lyon-Hatcher, Brett Lyon-Hatcher, John Steski, R.J. Johnson
Ottawa, ON
2017: Francois Gagne
Francois Gagne, Jean-Michel Arsenault, Erik Lachance, Christian Bouchard
Montreal, QC
2016: Jean-Michel Menard
Jean-Michel Menard, Martin Crete, Eric Sylvain, Philippe Menard
Gatineau, QC
2015: Jean-Michel Menard
Jean-Michel Menard, Martin Crete, Eric Sylvain, Philippe Menard
Quebec, QC
2014: Jean-Michel Menard
Jean-Michel Menard, Martin Crete, Eric Sylvain, Philippe Menard
Gatineau, QC
2013: Ian MacAulay
Ian MacAulay, Steve Allen, Rick Allen, Barry Conrad
Ottawa, ON
2012: Ian MacAulay
Ian MacAulay, Steve Allen, Rick Allen, Barry Conrad
Ottawa, ON
2011: Jean-Michel Menard
Jean-Michel Menard, Martin Crete, Eric Sylvain, Philippe Menard
Gatineau/Levis, QC
2010: Bryan Cochrane
Bryan Cochrane, Rich Moffatt, Chris Fulton, John Steski
Ottawa, ON
2008: Jean-Michel Menard
Bryan Cochrane, Rich Moffatt, Chris Fulton, John Steski
Quebec, QC
2007: Jean-Michel Menard
Bryan Cochrane, Rich Moffatt, Chris Fulton, John Steski
Québec City/Gatineau, QC
2006: Pierre Charette
Martin Ferland, Pierre Charette, Philippe Lemay, Marco Berthelot
Gatineau, QC
2005: Bryan Cochrane
Bryan Cochrane, Chris Fulton, Jeff Henderson, John Steski
Ottawa, ON
2004: Don Westphal
Don Westphal, Dwayne Fowler, Shawn Fowler, Marco Berthelot
Buckingham, QC

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